investigate such determinants. Workforce disposal is present also in Spain, though to a lesser extent than Italy. Informed media …Italy's labour market suffers from a serious pathology, in addition to the increasing precariousness of the young … workforce common to all EU member countries: flows from regular employment to non-employment are very often dead-ends. A vast …

persisting increases in unemployment. This paper analyses the impacts of the crisis on euro area labour markets, paying … accelerate the adjustment capacity of euro area labour markets and help reduce the current high levels of structural unemployment. …

share of long-term unemployment. The rise in unemployment and its persistently high level have been blamed, both in Italy … Italy. In particular, the existence of high wage floor -- either set through statutory minimum wages or by collective … of unemployment. An additional dimension of "segmentation" also characterises the Italian labour market, notably the 30 …

destruction of jobs and increased duration of joblessness will ensure that unemployment across the world will continue to rise and … rising unemployment rates, which persist long after the economy is growing again. In the wake of the present downturn, young …

We build an analytically and computationally tractable stochastic equilibrium model of unemployment in heterogeneous …. Empirically, using the 1986-2008 SIPP panels, we document the occupational mobility patterns of the unemployed, finding notably … countercyclical unemployment, and is simultaneously consistent with procyclical reallocation, countercyclical separations and a …

We build an analytically and computationally tractable stochastic equilibrium model of unemployment in heterogeneous …. Empirically, using the 1986-2008 SIPP panels, we document the occupational mobility patterns of the unemployed, finding notably … countercyclical unemployment, and is simultaneously consistent with procyclical reallocation, countercyclical separations and a …

We build an analytically and computationally tractable stochastic equilibrium model of unemployment in heterogeneous …. Empirically, using the 1986-2008 SIPP panels, we document the occupational mobility patterns of the unemployed, finding notably … countercyclical unemployment, and is simultaneously consistent with procyclical reallocation, countercyclical separations and a …

from different occupations and find jobs in different occupations. We find substantial differences in occupational mobility … job seekers exhibit different patterns of occupational mobility and, therefore, do not accept the same types of jobs. …

The relationships among geographical mobility, unemployment and the value of owner-occupied housing are studied in an … equilibrium, unemployment rates for home-owners are higher than for otherwise identical renters. Unemployment and home … more mobile than owners, the impact of home-ownership on aggregate unemployment is quantitatively small. …

average re-employment probabilities. Living in an area with high local unemployment reduces re-employment chances as does … somewhat if a worker is unemployed in an area with high overall unemployment. …